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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: original series & films

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  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    A look at Part II of Alexander the Greater Affair's script.

    http://bit.ly/2Mn4jWx
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    35th anniversary of Return of The Man From UNCLE

    http://bit.ly/2nPiiWU
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    Ian Fleming's Solo, early presentation for the series.

    http://bit.ly/2zSGfCt

    Most of the Ian Fleming part are in images -- one of the telegram blanks, the letter where Fleming sold off his UNCLE interest, the title page of the presentation that was titled Ian Fleming's Solo.
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    Also, a look at the original, one-part script of The Seven Wonders of the World Affair (before it was expanded to be the series finale).

    http://bit.ly/2PoXjuz
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Thanks for this! I somehow never realised that How To Steal The World was the end of the affair, as it were.
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    Thanks for this! I somehow never realised that How To Steal The World was the end of the affair, as it were.

    How to Steal the World was the only UNCLE production not to include the Jerry Goldsmith theme. (The 2015 feature film had a few notes in the scene where Solo is in the truck listening to the radio.)
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    A look at the Solo/The Vulcan Affair/To Trap a Spy scripts.

    Part I:
    http://bit.ly/2QYhUCA

    Part II
    http://bit.ly/2Q5jaXx

    Part III
    http://bit.ly/2OWGQJ0
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    A look at The Iowa-Scuba Affair script, written by Harold Jack Bloom, who'd be the first screenwriter to work on You Only Live Twice.

    Part I:
    http://bit.ly/2STs6gd

    Part II:
    http://bit.ly/2PLUYVT
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    I have a short story in this anthology that's essentially MfU fanfic (if Napoleon Solo was a coyote and Illya Kuryakin was a ferret):

    The Jackal Who Came In From The Cold

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  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    A look at the script for The Shark Affair, the fourth episode of the series.

    http://bit.ly/2TlL7si
  • BT3366BT3366
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    I really enjoy those looks at UNCLE scripts or anything to do with the series as I'm going through an UNCLE phase right now as I do occasionally with MI, Avengers or other genre shows, you guys can probably relate.

    As I've been home several days this week due to the Polar Vortex and snow, I've been catching up on the UNCLE feature films from the DVD collection I bought last year. Although I've watched them multiple times before, they are fun to revisit. One Spy Too Many was especially fun with a good mix of serious and humor.
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    A look at the script for The Stamp Affair (renamed The Deadly Games Affair before it was broadcast).

    Part I
    http://bit.ly/2EHegcL

    Part II
    http://bit.ly/2Tu9TtF

  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    George M. Lehr, a key member of the UNCLE production team, died this week at the age of 87.

    http://bit.ly/2CnZfuy
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    Dean Hargrove, 80, who was one of the main writers for The Man From UNCLE, gave an extended interview about his long career. This post summarizes his UNCLE-related comments. It also embeds videos of the interview that include the UNCLE remarks.

    http://bit.ly/2JYnbKK

  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    I'm still working my way through Season One, and last night reached The Bow Wow Affair. What a fun episode! Pat Harrington Jr. steals the show with his Italian-accented monologue about dog genealogy. (I've just looked him up on IMDB and it looks as if he was playing a character he did on a number of comedy shows.)
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    I'm still working my way through Season One, and last night reached The Bow Wow Affair. What a fun episode! Pat Harrington Jr. steals the show with his Italian-accented monologue about dog genealogy. (I've just looked him up on IMDB and it looks as if he was playing a character he did on a number of comedy shows.)

    I think that character goes back to The Tonight Show when Steve Allen hosted it in the 1950s.
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
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    Peter Allan Fields, one of the main writers on the series, has passed away.
    https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/20/peter-allan-fields-u-n-c-l-e-writer-dies/
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    AlexanderWaverly wrote: »
    I think that character goes back to The Tonight Show when Steve Allen hosted it in the 1950s.

    Ah, thank you! There's a lot of US TV I've never seen and know nothing about.
  • AlexanderWaverlyAlexanderWaverly
    edited November 2019 Posts: 2,115
    The Spybrary podcast has come out with a panel discussion about The Man From UNCLE. It includes some discussion about Ian Fleming's involvement in the sries. https://spybrary.com/the-man-from-u-n-c-l-e/
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Not sure if this has been posted before.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Just listened to the Spybrary podcast. Wonderful to hear Cindy Walker, as she was one of my first internet friends (the UNCLE fandom was pretty much the first thing I found when I got online in the mid-90s) and we're still in touch!
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited August 2020 Posts: 15,690
    Today marks exactly 5 years since Guy Ritchie's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was released in cinemas.

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  • UnivexUnivex
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    And what a fun ride that was.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited August 2020 Posts: 15,690
    Univex wrote: »
    And what a fun ride that was.

    2015 was a great year for spy/action films. I had a blast with The Man From UNCLE, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Spectre, Furious 7 and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. I even thought Run All Night was one of the best Liam Neeson actioners in recent years.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited August 2020 Posts: 17,281
    The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is my favourite film from 2015, alongside MI: Rogue Nation. I wish they could have made another one.
  • UnivexUnivex
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    True, all of that. I still can't understand why they didn't push for another.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    A great film.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    Univex wrote: »
    True, all of that. I still can't understand why they didn't push for another.

    Was it a success though? I can't remember much talk about the film at the time. My local cinema didn't even show it.
  • UnivexUnivex
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    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    True, all of that. I still can't understand why they didn't push for another.

    Was it a success though? I can't remember much talk about the film at the time. My local cinema didn't even show it.

    Good point. Don't know. It's fresh at the tomato site, but financially I have no idea how it fared.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    Univex wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    True, all of that. I still can't understand why they didn't push for another.

    Was it a success though? I can't remember much talk about the film at the time. My local cinema didn't even show it.

    Good point. Don't know. It's fresh at the tomato site, but financially I have no idea how it fared.

    Looking online just now, it looks like the film was a box-office bomb, so that might explain it.
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